Trump v. Barbara · ¶403
The Nationality Act of 1940 codified the existing law by enacting the Citizenship Clause’s text. “By the early 1930’s, the American law on nationality . . . was expressed in a large number of provisions scattered throughout the statute books.” Perez v. Brownell, 356 U. S. 44, 52 (1958). President Roosevelt designated a committee to review existing nationality laws and, as relevant here, “to codify those laws into one comprehensive nationality law.” Revision and Codification of the Nationality Laws of the United States, Exec. Order No. 6115 (Apr. 25, 1933). As a result of that process, Congress enacted the Nationality Act in 1940. 54 Stat. 1137; see Perez, 356 U. S., at 56. The Nationality Act was the “first attempt ever made since the founding of our Republic to codify and unify all the laws of the United States relating to the important subjects of nationality and naturalization.” G.…Read in context ›
slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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